Midwest Taekwondo Academy in Kirklin announced that three instructors and four students are beginning the month of July by attending the national championships in Florida.
Seven members of the Midwest Taekwondo Academy residing in Kirklin are attending the 2024 AAU Taekwondo National Championships, which kicked off Sunday, June 30 and will continue through July 6 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The academy announced that Master Eric Waterman will be officiating and performing forms and weapons, Master Kristin Waterman will be performing forms and weapons and Andrea Rapp will be performing forms, weapons and Olympic sparring during the championships.
For the students, Matthew Brown will be performing forms and weapons alongside Liz and Kason with Benny performing forms, weapons and point sparring.
Schedule of Non-Olympic Events:
Monday, July 1:
- WT Sport Poomsae
- Freestyle Poomsae
- Parasport Poomsae
- Sport ITF TULS/Patterns
- Board Breaking
- Weapons Forms
- Para Breaking
Tuesday, July 2:
- All Traditional Forms (ITF, WTF, TSD and Open)
- Black Belt Traditional Team Forms
- Mixed Belt and Age Traditional Team Forms
- Para Forms
The Olympic sparring events will kick off Wednesday, July 3 and continue through Saturday, July 6 with novice, intermediate, advanced and black belt classes battling against each other for titles at the national championships.
All events scheduled for the days will take place from 9 a.m. to noon and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. throughout the week.
